Vietnam
Northern Vietnam
Hanoi

West Lake

West Lake is the biggest freshwater lake of , , located northwest of the city center. With a shore length of 17 kilometres and 500 hectares in area, this is the largest lake of the capital and a popular place for recreation with many surrounding gardens, hotels and villas.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Hồ Dâm Đàm”, “Hồ Lãng Bạc”, and “Ho Tay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Embassy of Greece and Tran Quoc Pagoda.

Government office
Photo: Vano111ru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Thang Nguyen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trấn Quốc Pagoda, the oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, is located on a small island near the southeastern shore of 's West Lake, .

Government office
Photo: Amenoc, CC0.
is a government office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hồng Hà and Ngọc Hà.

Suburb
is a ward of Hà Nội the capital city in the of .

Suburb
is a ward of the capital city in the of .

Suburb
is a ward of the capital city in the of .

West Lake

Latitude
21.05805° or 21° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude
105.82383° or 105° 49′ 26″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7PH73R5F+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9635863
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
1566585
Wiki­data ID
Q1187394
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“West Lake” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “河内西湖”
  • Chinese: “西湖”
  • Chinese: “越南西湖”
  • Dutch: “West Lake”
  • French: “Grand Lac”
  • French: “lac de l’ouest”
  • French: “Lac de l’Ouest”
  • German: “Westsee (Hanoi)”
  • German: “Westsee”
  • Italian: “Lago dell’Ovest”
  • Italian: “lago Ovest”
  • Japanese: “タイ湖”
  • Japanese: “西湖 (ハノイ)”
  • Korean: “떠이호”
  • Russian: “западное озеро”
  • Russian: “Тай”
  • Russian: “Тэй”
  • Spanish: “Lago del Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Lago Tay”
  • Spanish: “Lago Tây”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบตะวันตก”
  • Ukrainian: “Тей”
  • Venetian: “lago Ovest”
  • Vietnamese: “Dâm Đàm”
  • Vietnamese: “Đầm Xác Cáo”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Mù Sương”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Tây”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Trâu Vàng”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim Ngưu hồ”
  • Vietnamese: “Mù Sương”
  • Wu Chinese: “西湖（河内）”
  • Wu Chinese: “西湖”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Lake”. Photo: Rungbachduong, CC BY-SA 3.0.